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Daily Learning Target(s): By the end of class, students will be able to...

  • practice analysis as evidenced by self-reflection and meta-cognition.

Due Today: None

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  • None

Essential Questions:

  • Who are the American Masters and what are their philosophical assumptions that influenced their texts?
  • How do authors use literary, rhetorical and poetic devices to support their claims?
  • How am I prepared for life after high school?


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American Master's Summative on Block Day 2/8.


Bring your outside reading book every day.


Agenda

1. Learning Logs- Update

2. American Masters Table of Contents
Put your work in the following order:

1. I Hear America Singing
2. Jolly Flatboatmen in Port Visual Text
3. Song of Myself 33 and 52
4. Because I Could Not Stop for Death and I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died
5. Reflection- Complete and include in your TOC:
  • Describe what you now understand about the philosophical assumptions and literary/poetic elements of Dickinson and Whitman and poetry in general, what did you learn?
  • Describe your favorite poet and what you enjoyed most about studying a bit of poetry.
  • Describe what you would like to practice more, what you are not quite understanding yet.


3. Journal Entry #1:The Benefits of College?

    • What are the personal and societal benefits of a college education? What are your future education plans?
      • There are two parts to the question, so be sure to address all parts. Describe in as much detail as possible the benefits of college, then everything you plan to do, where you plan to go to college or career training or military etc. and why.
  • The purpose of this Journal is to get you to think about who you are and the experiences and thinking that has shaped your life. This will lead to writing your personal insight questions which are part of your application for college. Be cautious what you write. Only share that which you are comfortable having others know.

Requirements:

  • Keep your pen/pencil moving the entire time and write with as much detail and examples as possible.
  • Each entry in your Journal must be one or more hand written pages.
  • You must strive to be thoughtful and honest.
  • This is a place to think and create. Use it.
  • If you find a prompt difficult commit to it, don't give up. Analyze it and dive in!